Principal Investigator

Kareen L. K. Coulombe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Engineering and Medical Science
Center for Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering &
Division of Biology and Medicine
Email: kareen_coulombe(at)brown.edu 

 

Scientists

	Fabiola Munarin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Research) Project:  Development of 3-Dimensional Scaffolds to Induce Vascularization After Cardiac Ischemic Events Research Interests: Cardiac regeneration, natural polymers, microspheres, hydrogels, growth factors, infarct model Email: fabiola_munarin(at)brown.edu
	Celinda Kofron, Ph.D. Research Scientist Project:  Cardiotoxicity of environmental chemicals in a human 3D microtissue platform Research Interests: Cardiac cell interactions, self-assembled 3D microtissues, toxicity Email: celinda_kofron(at)brown.edu

PhD Students

	Kiera Dwyer, BS PhD student in BME Project: Fibrous collagen scaffolds in engineered hiPSC-cardiac tissues for heart repair Research Interests: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, tissue scaffolds, biomaterials  Email: kiera_dwyer(at)brown.edu
	Rajeev Kant, BS PhD candidate in BME Project: Spatio-temporal Cues for Vascularization of Human iPSC-derived Cardiac Engineered Tissue Research Interests: hiPSC-cardiac differentiation, cardiac tissue engineering, vascular patterning, 3D printing, biomaterials Email: rajeev_kant(at)brown.edu
	Alicia Minor, BS PhD candidate in BME Project: Directing Angiogenesis by Patterning ECM-adherent Signaling Molecules in Human Engineered Cardiac Tissue for Improved In Vivo Vascularization Research Interests: hiPSC-cardiac differentiation, tissue engineering, vascular patterning, angiogenesis Email: alicia_minor(at)brown.edu

Staff

Collin Polucha, BS

Undergraduate Students

Anna House, Biomedical Engineering '20
Isobel Rountree, Biomedical Engineering '20
Elliot Youth, Computational Biology '20

Former Lab Members

Ananya Anand, MD '19
Colette Bare, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '19
Jessica Bellows, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '19
Heidi Chang, ScB with Honors in Chemical Engineering '16
Jasmine Gabor, Undeclared '21
Gian Ignacio, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '18
Chinedu Irofuala, ScB in BME '17; ScM in Biomedical Engineering '18
Carly Kabelac, ScB in Biomedical Engineering '19
Amelia Khoo, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '18
Bining Lu, ScM in Biotechnology '16
Giuliano Marostica, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '15, Domenico A. Ionata Award Winner
Shababa Matin, Biomedical Engineering '17
Kyle Meyer, ScB in BME '15; ScM in Biomedical Engineering '16
G. Andrea Micheli, MSc in Biomedical Engineering '16, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Maria Muhammad, BS in Chemistry '18 from Tougaloo College
Jad Nasrallah, ScB with Honors in Mechanical Engineering '17, Joseph Kestin Award of Excellence Winner
Maria Paredes, ScB in BME '17, George H. Main '45 Award Winner; ScM in Biomedical Engineering '18
Carlota Pereda Serras, ScB with Honors in Biology '15
Jason Thomas, ScB with Honors in Physics '17
Dalia Ruiz, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '16
Jackie Vu, AB with Honors in Engineering '17 
Kelly Williams, ScB with Honors in Biomedical Engineering '19